quangocracy
Britishnoun
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the control or influence ascribed to quangos
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quangos collectively
Example Sentences
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But Mr Carter said he was worried a "one size fits all" approach would lead to local accountability being replaced by a "new regional quangocracy".
From BBC
"He's right to say there is an awful lot of bureaucracy and red tape and quangocracy... that part of what he says is absolutely right," Mr Cameron said.
From BBC
And while the newspapers' glossy souvenir ballast is understandably stuffed with pictures of Jess and Tom and Mo and Vicky, the lead architects of Britain's success hail from that most despised of coalition categories: the quangocracy.
From The Guardian
Any observer of Whitehall's health and education quangocracy will be astonished if it is let off lightly.
From The Guardian
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